There is one problem here, you are very biased towards a particular religion and belief and yet asking a generic question. In order to find the answer one must have a complete open mind, use hard facts, do a lot of research on other religions and then draw up conclusions. No point asking a...
No not if they believed in the theory but if the theory were actually true. So it apply to all regardless of their religious faith or even if they were atheists
There may be lots to look at already, however we are more aware of it in a general sense through various media. By discovering other worlds, life may be entirely different who knows. Humans make judgements based on their surroundings, the more surroundings we have access to, the more...
My main reason for raising this topic was to see the impact of the theory in practises, ie coming back as an animal. If this was the case would there be more vegetarians or about the same ?
Proof would be difficult as everyones (or every religion) perception of god is different, so even if someone came across him/her, the next person would not be convinced as their god might be perceived to be different.
You cannot apply rational thinking to spirituality or religious studies, it...
According to some faiths, eating meat is wrong. They believe that if you take life from an animal, you come back as that animal in your next life (source ISKCON). This made me think, is this really true ?
For those mathematicians out there, if this were true shouldn't there now be more...
prayer = asking for forgiveness, repenting and asking for help
meditation = clearing your mind of everything so as to help you focus when you awake, i.e. giving your brain a break.
There wont be world peace because wars will become sophisticated, we fight with weapons bombs etc, in the future these weapons will completely different, in fact people wont even know there's a war going on until it's over. E.g cyber warfare mass destruction of data etc. Peace needs an equal and...
We will know the answer to this once we have seen other universes and found life on other planets/galaxies. This will take time, however more and more people are atheists and those that aren't are usually from poorer backgrounds or live in the 3rd world as the majority of them are not educated...
It all depends on your perception of what God is. Every religion has a slightly different meaning, for example Hindu's believe that God is within each and every person (a simplified explanation), however other religions will assume God as an almighty being living up there somewhere in heaven. So...
Buddhism is about creating a balance of life being all beings. They do not deny the existence of God nor do they insist on one, it's more about harnessing one's "good side" to achieve enlightenment and at the same time, helping others achieve the same. Many people mistake religion with idol...
Belief is about what you feel is necessary to help you live a better life and contribute something to society. What good is it in believing in a religion and then committing crime and creating hatred for other religions, you simply turn into a hypocrite. First determine what you want in life...